Category: Racism

In its first year, the Trump admin launched an across-the-board assault on our nation's civil and human rights. This is why we must all continue organizing to fight for the kind of country we deserve.

Trump blocks U.S. from nominating anyone to U.N. racism committee

The move is the latest blow to the U.S.’s international credibility.

Trump’s Justice Department isn’t enforcing civil rights

A VICE News analysis of cases and investigations shows enforcement is at its lowest level in two decades.

US expected to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council: report

The U.S. is reportedly planning to pull out of the United Nations Human Rights Council after clashes over key issues such as Israel.

Trump judicial pick who blogged favorably about the KKK and had to withdraw. Now he’s at the Justice Department.

Brett Talley, who has also written horror novels and hunted ghosts, returned to a job overseeing other judicial nominations.

Betsy DeVos to Pull Back Civil Rights Protections for Black Students Under the Guise of ‘Safety’

Betsy DeVos continues her methodical dismantling of civil rights protections for vulnerable students, this time setting her sights on Obama-era guidelines put in place to protect black students from being disproportionately disciplined at school.

FBI considers white nationalism as much of a threat as ISIS

The bureau currently has 1,000 open investigations into domestic terrorism, and the same number for groups linked with radical Islamist ideology.

Trump Cuts Funding For Groups That Counter Violent White Supremacy

The future of dozens of programs aimed at countering white nationalist extremism is unclear following a decision by the Trump administration to put their funding on hold.

Suspect charged for pipe bomb mailings says Trump rallies became like a ‘drug’ for him

Cesar Sayoc Jr., who pleaded guilty to charges related to mailing explosive devices to prominent Democrats, said this week that attending President Trump’s rallies became like a

‘Vote Trump’ Painted on Burned Black Church

FBI is investigating as potential hate crime.

Trump indirect on white nationalism issue after mosque killings

More details have emerged since the terrorist attack in New Zealand by an Australian national suspect and alleged white supremacist, resulting in the deaths of 49 people at two mosques. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the increase in anti-Muslim sentiment with the election of Donald Trump.

President Trump insists he deserves no blame for divisions in America.

Here Is a List of Far-Right Attackers Trump Inspired. Cesar Sayoc Wasn’t the First — and Won’t Be the Last.

Trump sympathizers have beaten, shot, stabbed, run over, or bombed innocent people. The president is radicalizing a generation of angry men.

Trump era unique for violent extremists inspired by US president

Rachel Maddow looks at the violent, racist, extremist groups that seek out street violence in the name of supporting Donald Trump, and wonders what will happen when Trump-inspired extremists collide with Trump-pressured law enforcement.

The Republican party has taken "a wrong turn" under Donald Trump, according to three GOP challengers to the president, and is heading down the road to totalitarianism as states cancel primaries in an attempt to give Trump an unimpeded path to the nomination in 2020.

With John Bolton dismissed, Taliban peace talks a fiasco and a trade war with China, US foreign policy is ever more unstable and confrontational

It was, by all accounts, a furious row. Donald Trump was talking about relaxing sanctions on Iran and holding a summit with its president, Hassan Rouhani, at this month's UN general assembly in New York. John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser, was dead against it and… [more]